Diocese of Mysore

Religious Congregations, Societies and Institutes

Religious Institutes of Men - Brothers
  • Brothers of Holy Cross:
    CSC
  • Brothers of St Patrick (Patrician Brothers):
    FSP
  • Congregation of the Missionary Brothers of St Francis of Assisi (Franciscan Missionary Brothers):
    CMSF
  • De La Salle Brothers, Brothers of the Christian Schools:
    FSC
  • Montfort Brothers of St Gabriel:
    SG
  • Sacred Heart Brothers (The Institute of the Sacred Heart):
    SHJ
  • Society of Mary (Marianists):
    SM
  • The Little Brothers of Jesus:
    LBJ
  • The Malabar Missionary Brothers:
    MMB
Religious Institutes of Men
  • Carmelites of Mary Immaculate:
    CMI
  • Congregation of Missions:
    CM
  • Congregation of Rosarians:
    CR
  • Holy Spirit Fathers:
    ALCP-OSS
  • Indian Missions Society:
    IMS
  • Missionaries of Francis De-Sales:
    MSFS
  • Missionaries of Mary Immaculate:
    MMI
  • Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette:
    MS
  • Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette:
    MS
  • Missionaries of St Francis de Sales (Fransalians):
    MSFS
  • Missionaries of the Sacred Heart:
    MSC
  • Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus:
    MSC
  • Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary :
    MSSCC
  • Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament:
    MCBS
  • Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament:
    MCBS
  • Norbertine Fathers:
    O PRAEM
  • Oblates of Saint Francis of Sales:
    OSFS
  • Order of Discalced Carmelites:
    OCD
  • Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans):
    OFM
  • Order of Friars Minor Capuchins:
    OFM CAP
  • Order of the Brothers of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (Order of Carmelites):
    O CARM
  • Order of the Pious Schools (Piarist Fathers):
    SCHP
  • Pallottines Society of the Catholic Apostolate:
    SAC
  • Paris Foreign Mission Society:
    MEP
  • Poor Servants of Divine Providence:
    PSDP
  • Precious Blood Missionaries:
    CPPS
  • Salesians of Don Bosco (Society of St Francis de Sales):
    SDB
  • Secular Institute of Schoenstatt Fathers:
    ISCH
  • Society (of the Missionaries) of Our Lady of Africa:
    SOLA
  • Society of Jesus (Jesuits):
    SJ
  • Society of Montfort Missionaries:
    SMM
  • Society of St Paul (Paulines):
    SSP
  • Society of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorians):
    SDS
  • Somascan Congregation (Clerics Regular of Somasca):
    CRS
  • Sons of Divine Providence:
    FDP
  • The Order of Friar Servants of Mary:
    OSM
  • The Servants of Charity:
    SDC
  • The Trinitarians, the Order of the Most Holy Trinity:
    OSST
  • Third Order Regular of St Francis:
    TOR
  • Vallombrosan Benedictines:
    OSB
Religious Institutes of Women
  • Adorers of the Blood of Christ:
    ASC
  • Apostolic Carmel:
    AC
  • Assisi Sisters of Mary Immaculate:
    ASMI
  • Augustinian Missionary Sisters:
    AMS
  • Augustinian Sisters:
    OSA
  • Benedictine Sisters of Our Lady of Grace and Compassion:
    OSB
  • Benedictine Sisters of St Lioba:
    OSB
  • Bethlemite Sisters, Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus:
    BETHL
  • Canossian Daughters of Charity:
    FDCC
  • Carmelite Missionaries:
    CM
  • Carmelite Sisters of St Teresa:
    CSST
  • Catechist Sisters of Mary Immaculate, Help of Christians:
    SMI
  • Catechist Sisters of St Ann:
    CSA
  • Compassionate Sisters Servants of Mary:
    CSM
  • Congregation of Jesus:
    CJ
  • Congregation of Mother of Carmel:
    CMC
  • Congregation of Samaritan Sisters:
    CSS
  • Congregation of Sisters of St Joseph of Chambery :
    CSJ
  • Congregation of Teresian Carmelites:
    CTC
  • Congregation of the Immaculate Conception:
    CIC
  • Congregation of the Rosarian Sisters:
    CR
  • Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth:
    CSN
  • Congregation of the Sisters of St Anne (Phirangipuram, Guntur):
    CSSA
  • Congregation of the Sisters of St Anne of Tiruchirapalli:
    SAT
  • Congregation of the Sisters of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines):
    CSAC
  • Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul:
    DC
  • Daughters of Divine Providence:
    DDP
  • Daughters of Mary:
    DM
  • Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco):
    FMA
  • Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy:
    FDM
  • Daughters of St Camillus:
    DSC
  • Daughters of St Francis de Sales:
    DSFS
  • Daughters of St Mary of Providence (Guanellians):
    DSMP
  • Daughters of St Paul:
    FSP
  • Daughters of the Church:
    DC
  • Daughters of Wisdom (Montfort Sisters):
    DW
  • Deena Sevana Sabha (Servants of the Poor):
    DSS
  • Dominican Santa Maria of the Rosary:
    OP
  • Dominican Sisters of the Presentation:
    OP
  • Franciscan Clarist Congregation:
    FCC
  • Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of the Immaculate Conception:
    FHIC
  • Franciscan Missionaries of Mary:
    FMM
  • Franciscan Servants of Mary:
    FSM
  • Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Bon Secours:
    FBS
  • Franciscan Sisters of St Elizabeth:
    FSE
  • Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate:
    FSI
  • Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary:
    FIH
  • Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Pondicherry:
    FIHM
  • Franciscan Sisters of the Presentation of Mary:
    FSPM
  • Franciscan Sisters, Servants of the Cross:
    FSC
  • Fransciscan Sisters of St Aloysius De Gonzaga:
    FSAG
  • Hospitallar Sisters of Mercy:
    HSM
  • Institute of the Foreign Missions Sisters in India:
    ME
  • Josephine Sisters:
    JS
  • Little Sisters of Jesus (of Charles de Foucauld):
    LSJ
  • Little Sisters of the Poor (Petites Socure Des Pauvres):
    PSDP
  • Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts:
    LWSH
  • Missionaries of Charity:
    MC
  • Missionary Sisters of Incarnation:
    SMI
  • Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians:
    MSMHC
  • Missionary Sisters of St Peter Claver:
    SSPC
  • Missionary Sisters of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottine Missionary Sisters):
    SAC
  • Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate (Nirmala Sisters):
    MSI
  • Missionary Sisters of the Queen of Apostles:
    SRA
  • Missionary Sisters, Servants of Holy Spirit:
    SSPS
  • Mother of Sorrows Servants of Mary:
    OSM
  • Oblate Hospitaller Franciscan Sisters:
    OHFS
  • Order of Discalced Carmalites:
    OCD
  • Order of Our Most Holy Saviour (Bridgettines):
    OSSS
  • Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd (Sisters of the Good Shepherd):
    RGS
  • Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ:
    PHJC
  • Regular Franciscan Tertiary Sisters:
    RFTS
  • Religious of Mary Immaculate:
    RMI
  • Sacred Heart Congregation for Women (Kerala):
    SH
  • Salesian Missionaries of Mary Immaculate:
    SMMI
  • Satyaseva Catechist Sisters of the Families:
    SCS
  • Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary:
    ISSM
  • Secular Institutes:
    Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary ~ ISSM
  • Secular Institutes:
    Secular Institute of Schoenstatt Fathers ~ ISCH
  • Secular Institutes:
    Nava Jeevan Vikas Secular Institute
  • Secular Institutes:
    Medical Mission Secular Institute
  • Secular Institutes:
    Institute of the Maids of the Poor
  • Secular Institutes:
    Gleaners of the Church
  • Secular Institutes:
    Caritas Christi Secular Institute
  • Secular Institutes:
    Ancillae Secular Institute
  • Servants of Mary:
    SM
  • Shanti Nilaya Benedictine Abbey, Order of St Benedict:
    OSB
  • Sister Disciples of the Divine Master:
    PDDM
  • Sisters of Charity of Nazareth:
    SCN
  • Sisters of Charity of Saints Bartholomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa:
    SCCG
  • Sisters of Charity of St Anne (Bombay):
    SCHSA
  • Sisters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul:
    SCV
  • Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross:
    SCSC
  • Sisters of Notre Dame:
    SND
  • Sisters of Our Lady of Fatima:
    FS
  • Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy:
    SOLM
  • Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions:
    RNDM
  • Sisters of Sacred Sciences:
    SSS
  • Sisters of St Ann of Providence:
    SA
  • Sisters of St Anne (Bangalore):
    SAB
  • Sisters of St Charles Borromeo:
    SCB
  • Sisters of St Francis of Assisi:
    OSF
  • Sisters of St John the Baptist:
    CSJB
  • Sisters of St Joseph Benedict Cottolengo:
    SSJBC
  • Sisters of St Joseph of Annecy:
    SJA
  • Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny:
    SJC
  • Sisters of St Joseph of Lyons:
    SJL
  • Sisters of St Joseph of Tarbes:
    SJT
  • Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod:
    SCC
  • Sisters of the Destitute:
    SD
  • Sisters of the Divine Saviour:
    SDS
  • Sisters of the Holy Cross Menzingen:
    HC
  • Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus:
    MSC
  • Sisters of the Poor of St Catherine of Sienna:
    SDP
  • Sisters of the Redemption:
    SR
  • Sisters of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary:
    SVM
  • Sisters Servants of Our Lady of Sorrows:
    S.O.L.S.
  • Society of Jesus Mary and Joseph:
    JMJ
  • Society of the Sisters of St Ann of Luzern, India:
    SAS
  • Society of the Sisters of St Anne (Madras):
    SSA
  • St Martha:
    SMC
  • The Congregation of Holy Family:
    CHF
  • The Congregation of the Daughters of St Camillus:
    DSC
  • The Congregation of the Sisters of the Imitation of Christ:
    SIC
  • The Missionary Sisters of Immaculate Heart of Mary:
    ICM
  • The Poor Sisters of St Clare:
    SSC
  • The Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament :
    SABS
  • The Sisters of the Little Flower of Bethany:
    BS
  • Union of St Catherine of Sienna:
    MDS
  • Ursuline Franciscan Sisters:
    UFS
  • Ursulines of Mary Immaculate:
    UMI
  • Vallambrosan Benedictine Sisters:
    OSB
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